Is technology going too far? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just announced plans to create a technology that will allow users to communicate only using their minds.

Facebook’s annual developer conference just recently started. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, revealed key details about where the company is going next, specifically focusing on what Facebook is working on in relation to bots, virtual reality, augmented reality, and new communication methods.

Zuckerberg also said that key details about Facebook’s “direct brain interface” would be revealed.

The work comes from Facebook’s mysterious “Building 8 (B8),” which has been working on brain-computer technologies for a while

Mark Zuckerberg stated what the ultimate goal of this interface will be in the quote below:

“Tomorrow, we are going to update you on all of our work on connectivity. We have a team right now in Arizona preparing for our second flight of Aquila, our solar powered plane that’s going to help beam down internet connectivity to people all around the globe, and we’re going to update you on a lot of the other technology that we are building too. You’re going to hear from Regina Dugan about some of the work that we’re doing to build even further out beyond augmented reality, and that includes work around direct brain interfaces that are going to, eventually, one day, let you communicate using only your mind.”

Neuroscience is very complex and there is a lot of research that needs to be done before the project can begin.

Yet Zuckerberg is not the only one working on a brain-computer interface. Elon Musk recently announced that he is creating a company named Neuralink, which will research the human brain in order to augment human intelligence and allow humans to stay at pace with artificial intelligence. In the beginning, these enhancements will likely assist in helping us improve our memories by creating additional, removable components.

Braintree founder Bryan Johnson is investing $100 million to make a neuroprosthesis that will allow us to unlock the power of the human brain and make our neural code programmable. Johnson believes that his work is all about co-evolution. He believes that our connection to our technology is limited by screens, keyboards, gestural interfaces, and voice commands. He also believes that we have limited access to our own brains, limiting our ability to co-evolve with silicon-based machines in powerful ways.

He wants to ensure a seamless interface with our technologies and so do a lot of big tech business owners.

Human superintelligence and convergence with our technologies is both a very scary and inevitable part of our future. How do you feel about this?

Ariana Marisol is a contributing staff writer for REALfarmacy.com. She is an avid nature enthusiast, gardener, photographer, writer, hiker, dreamer, and lover of all things sustainable, wild, and free. Ariana strives to bring people closer to their true source, Mother Nature. She graduated The Evergreen State College with an undergraduate degree focusing on Sustainable Design and Environmental Science.